October 20

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on October 20. From 1900 until now. October 20 is under the sign of Libra. Famous birthdays on this day include Snoop Dogg (1971), Viggo Mortensen (1958) and Candice Swanepoel (1988). Several movies were released around October 20 over the years, such as Rebel Without a Cause in 1955 directed by Nicholas Ray and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning in 1960 directed by Karel Reisz.
But much more happened on October 20 over the years: find out below

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October 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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French Republican Calendar - Orge (Barley) Day, twenty-ninth day in the Month of VendTmiaire

Events

2018 Four U.S. tourists are killed in Costa Rica after a rafting accident on a swollen river. (BBC)
2017 Syrian Civil War: Battle of Raqqa (2017): The Syrian Democratic Forces announce the "total liberation" of Raqqa, previously the de facto capital of ISIL. (CNN)
2016 Turkish military intervention in the Syrian Civil War: Turkish jets hit Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia with 26 airstrikes in three recently-captured-from-ISIL villages west of al-Bab and northeast of Aleppo. The Turkish General Staff says between 160 and 200 have been killed, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports 11 dead and dozens of people wounded. (Reuters), (USA Today)
2015 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017), American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present): The United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford arrived in Iraq to discuss the ongoing battle against ISIS. (AP)
2014 2014 investigation of suspected foreign underwater activity in the Stockholm archipelago:: The investigation continues as the Russian Oil-tanker NS Concord maintains its criss-crossing outside Stockholm. (TT via The Local)
2013 Syrian civil war:: A suicide truck bomber attack by the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front on a government checkpoint outside Hama, Syria, kills at least 30 people, including a number of soldiers. (AP via USA Today)
2012 Syrian civil war: UN and Arab League special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in Damascus in an attempt to push for a temporary ceasefire during next week's Eid al-Adha holiday. (Al Jazeera)
2011 2011 Libyan civil war:
2010 Somali gunmen release a British security consultant for Save the Children after six days in captivity. (BBC)
2009 European astronomers discover 32 exoplanets.
2008 Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lankan military reports that they have breached a key defensive line near the Tamil Tiger headquarters in northern Sri Lanka. (BBC)
2007 Jungle (open) primary election are held for governor and the legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
2006 OPEC agrees to reduce its output by 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m/d), its first cut for more than two years, to halt falling oil prices. (USA Today)
2005 In a bid to stay in step with its largest trading partner, the United States, Ontario announces it will become the first Canadian province to extend daylight saving time. (CBC)
2004 Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Missouri, killing 13 people and injuring two.
2003 Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien indicates that during an informal meeting between him and Vladimir Putin, the Russian president indicated that he was tentatively in favour of signing the Kyoto Protocol. Russia's signature is absolutely necessary for the protocol to acquire the force of law.
2001 The Concert for New York City, "a celebration of the strength, resilience, and pride of New York and America" is held, featuring performances by The Who, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Backstreet Boys, Billy Joel, Destiny's Child, Eric Clapton, Adam Sandler, Bon Jovi, Elton John and many more.
1997 Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty
1996 Summer & Smoke closes at Criterion Theater, New York City
1995 Sri Lanka beat West Indies to win Sharjah Champions Trophy final
1994 In Coleman, Michigan, USA a meteorite penetrates the roof of a house.
1993 Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m
1992 1st World Series game outside of US - Toronto beats Atlanta
1991 6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttar Kashi, India, about 670 die
1990 3 members of 2 Live Crew acquitted on obsenity charges in Florida
1989 Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India and WI on round-robin
1988 Dodgers win World Series, LA 1st to have both NBA and baseball champs as LA beats Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 1 in 85th World Series
1987 Dow-Jones increases 102.27 pts / 608,120,000 shares traded (record)
1986 Tupolev-134 crashes in Southern Africa
1983 IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released
1982 Nobel prize for economy awarded to George Stigler
1981 1st NBA game at Meadowlands Arena, New Jersey Nets lose to New York Knicks 103-99
1979 Bob Dylan appears on SNL
1978 Paul Vanden Boeynants forms Belgium government
1977 Hamilton Deane and John Balderstons Dracula, premieres in New York City
1976 70 die as Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince
1975 Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning
1974 1st broadcast of Derrick on ZDF
1973 Canadian actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Marcy Lafferty
1972 Queen Juliana visits Yugoslavia
1971 West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1970 American Norman Borlaug awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1969 WKYH (now WYMT) TV channel 57 in Hazard, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 Her 1st Roman opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 17 performances
1967 All white federal jury convicts 7 in murder of 3 civil rights workers
1965 19th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-2 at Montreal
1964 Golden Boy opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 569 performances
1963 Alec Douglas-Home forms British government
1962 Mr President opens at St. James Theater NYC for 265 performances
1960 Ralph Houk replaces Casey Stengel as New York Yankees manager.
1959 Clark Griffith of Senators says team will not move the franchise
1957 Karachi A (277-0d) beat Sind A by an innings w / o losing a wkt
1955 No Time for Sergeants opens on Broadway, starring Andy Griffith
1954 Peter Pan opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 149 performances
1953 WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1952 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Kenya
1951 The ''Johnny Bright Incident'' occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma
1950 Australia passes the Communist Party Dissolution Act, which is later struck down by the High Court.
1947 HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood
1946 Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yards, Chicago Cardinals versus New York Giants.
1945 Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg
1944 Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland explodes, 135 die, 3,600 homeless
1943 The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Suda Bay, Crete, and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
1942 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations.
1941 Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia
1940 Cheese rationed in the Netherlands
1939 All the Things You Are recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
1936 Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL
1935 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid
1934 All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan
1932 Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS
1931 Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP
1930 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio
1929 Bayshore Highway opens (San Francisco)
1926 Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600
1924 1st Negro League World Series: Kansas City Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0
1922 Kennelworth in the Bronx renamed Dwight Place.
1920 1st Year with Frank Craven premieres in New York City
1918 Germans, aimed at an armistice, Germans agree to further concessions
1912 Cort Theater opens at 148 W 48th St, New York City
1911 Helen Hayes Theater (Folies Bergere) opens at 210 W 46th St, New York City
1910 Soccer team KFC forms in Alkmaar
1908 King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium
1906 Dr Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube)
1905 Russian tsar allows Polish people to speak Polish
1903 US wins disputed boundary between the District of Alaska and Canada.
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